If you’re lucky enough to live somewhere that’s warm year-round, you may not have such a thing as a convertible season as we do here in the upper-Midwest or Northeast part of the U.S. This season is almost here for a lot of us and what better way to escape the worries of the world than taking a drive in a 1947 Plymouth Special Deluxe convertible. This one can be found here on eBay in Lusk, Wyoming and the bids are just over $2,500.
Or, maybe if you’re lucky enough to live somewhere that’s warm year-round, winter is your convertible season because it’s too hot out otherwise. In either case, you could do worse than having six or seven months a year to drive around a convertible like this 1947 Plymouth Special Deluxe. Our own Jim O’Donnell showed us a nice 1947 Plymouth Special Deluxe convertible, also in red, a couple of months ago: i.e., a lifetime ago in 2020 lingo.
This car gives a literal meaning to the term ragtop. The seller says that they found this Plymouth in a barn in Montana recently and isn’t that always the luck – someone else finds these gold nuggets hiding away somewhere. A buyer could get several different body styles including several two-door sedans and coupes, a four-door sedan, wood-clad station wagon, or a convertible. I’m more of a business coupe guy than a convertible guy but like pool or pond, anything would be good…
The interior looks like a barn find. I hope that the car was somehow covered in some way to keep the mice out, if that’s even a possibility in a barn. Could the seats and door panels have been redone at some point? They don’t look anything like what would have been available in 1947 to me, but I could be wrong. They would have been leather in a convertible so maybe they are original?
This should be Plymouth’s 217.8 cubic-inch L-head six with 95 hp. They say that it does run and there’s a trunkload of spare parts in the trunk. This really does look like a great, solid project that runs and drives now and you could tinker with it off and on while you’re enjoying it in the meantime. What’s your top dollar on this good looking Plymouth ragtop?
Nice car Scotty, I’ve always liked this Mopar body style.
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So again we appreciate the site and the comfort it provides. Be safe fellas.
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I agree. Checking out these Barn Finds is the bright spot in my day while under house arrest.
Always thought these cars were good looking. Nice clean lines and built like a tank. With Rex on his comments. This is going to be a tough one.
Good morning guys, happy isolation day. I have a 51 hard top and when I was going through the interior work I was surprised at how little it would take to remove the roof. I can see where the convertibles verses the hard tops were either given a roof or a convertible hardware set. The hard top roof is literally held on by spot welds around the package tray. These late 40’s early 50’s cars among some of my favourite. I hope it get a good home where some restoration work gets done. Stay healthy guys. From Mark in the great white north.
My Mother drove a ‘48 four door Plymouth with suicide back doors that we inherited from my Great Aunt. No turn signal, so I remember Mom sticking her arm out the window for turns. As I recall the speedometer changed colors from green to white to red depending on the speed of the vehicle. Dad finally dumped the car in the mid to late ‘60’s cause parts were hard to find. I always thought it had the cool factor.
Wow, what a great car! I would love this, but at my age, it would still be apart when I croak.
Roudy, I know what you mean about these cars. Owned a ’46 sedan in ’74.
Paid $50 for it, got it running, and my buddies and I enjoyed it all that summer.
I bought it with the intent of doing an
amateur restoration but my love of music
got in the way. I was on the road so much that I never had time to finish the
job. Wound up selling to a friend for $500 and a Rickenbacker twin neck guitar! Both the car and my friend are
out somewhere right now enjoying each
other’s company. As for this car, I’d restore it and then add one of those
period correct aftermarket woody kits to
make it a poor man’s Chrysler Town &
Country. In its present state, it looks like
the kinds of cars we used to find in barns
and garages all over Central Illinois in the
late ’60s. At the current price, this thing is a screaming bargain. It’s finds like this
that keep me putt-puttin’ around in my
workshop ’til all this corona stuff is over.
Stay safe guys!
I wonder what happened to the hood ornament and Plymouth badge on the nose.
Its been what they called “nosed” & when they removed the trunk chrome it was called “decked” which this specimen didnt get, probably because of that center mounted brake light. If you look closely you can see some louvers punched in the hood. Also it looks like there may be a set of skirts in the trunk. Very nice car but I’d have to resto-mod it slightly.
I know what nosed and decked means. This one wasn’t decked though.
Notice the lack of rear side windows. My Father bought a 1951 Dodge Wayfarer convertible in December of 1950 because he was afraid the Korean war could stop car production. Same set up, with no rear side windows. We made many car trips all over the eastern US and as far south and west as Texas and Colorado. I had to stick my head forward over the front seat to see all the sights. At least no seat belts to restrict my movement.
You should have requested Dad to lower the top. Some real nice scenery out west.
Nice find!
William Holden. Sunset Boulevard.
If you know what nosed & deck means, you are ‘FREEKING OLD’ Dammit I know what it means. Pass me another beer I’m gonna take the Edsel to a drive-in movie.
My second car was a 1954 two door Ford. I nosed and decked myself by putting chewing gum in the holes and put black paint on them. This was in 1962
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If you know what nosed & deck means you are FREEKING OLD, Damn I know what it means, pass me another beer I’m gonna take the Edsel to a drive-in movie.
But first stop by the Sunoco and get 2 bucks worth of 260 @ .27 cents a gallon so you and Betty Lou can cruise on up to the lookout so’s you’s can watch the submarine races after the drive in movie.
Auction update: this one ended at $7,100 and no sale.